Frankenstein Vocab #2

ardently

passionately

sacrilege

disrespect to something regarded as sacred

sublime

grandeur, beauty

countenance

a person's face or facial expression

surmount

to overcome, rise above

precipitous

very steep

diabolically

devilishly, wickedly

elude

To avoid or escape

clemency

mercy; lenience

abhorred

hated

impervious

impenetrable

uncouth

uncultured; crude; lacking good manners

allure

The power to attract or charm

purloin

to steal

enigmatic

mysterious

tenement

rented home or residence

gall

bold, impudent behavior

alleviate

to relieve

sanguinary

bloody, bloodthirsty

indolence

laziness